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Coaching with Integrity

One of the most important things a person can have is integrity. Having integrity means one possesses the ability to be honest and fair. Individuals with integrity have a strong moral code and ethical belief system. It’s extremely important to coach with integrity in today’s world. For this week’s post, I am going to share a recent situation I was in, my actions and beliefs, and what I believe coaches should stand for.

This past weekend we had our seeding meeting for our upcoming district basketball tournament. The coaches of all eight teams are present. Each coach gets the floor to talk about their team and where they feel they should be seeded. After each coach has talked, coaches rank each team 1-7, and do not rank their own team. The votes are tallied up and the team with the lowest score is the #1 seed and so forth.

Going into the season I knew our team could be a top 3 seed in districts. However, we lost a couple of close games that prevented our record from being up in the top three. I do not believe in “dirty” seeding (this is where coaches rank teams inappropriately just to give their team a better seed) because in order to win the tournament, you’re going to have to be the best anyways. Either you’re good enough to do it or you’re not. So, I felt our team deserved the #4 seed and expressed this to the other coaches. I turned in my sheet with whom I felt were the top teams 1-7, based on their performance during the regular season.

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